KHANEWAL: A man accused of sexually abusing multiple children was injured when a pistol tucked into his waistband accidentally discharged as police moved to arrest him. The suspect, identified as Saleem Iqbal, a resident of Jahanian, is now under police guard at the local Civil Hospital. Police said three separate…
RAWALPINDI: Family courts in Rawalpindi received a record 1,428 divorce and khula petitions in September, the first working month after summer vacations, setting a new benchmark in the district’s judicial history. According to official data, 396 runaway girls contracted court or love marriages during the same period. Additionally, 266 guardianship…
RAWALPINDI: A revelation has come to light concerning 45,000 fraudulent new enrolments across various educational institutions in the Rawalpindi district. Following a complaint, the School Education Department commissioned a third-party survey, which confirmed the existence of these fictitious admissions. Sources at the Rawalpindi District Education Authority Office said that inspection…
KARACHI: Every day, eight women in Pakistan lose their lives to cervical cancer — a preventable disease caused almost entirely by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). If timely interventions are not undertaken, experts warn, the burden of this disease could triple in the next seven decades. These alarming statistics were shared…
Terrorists struck again at the right to education in Lakki Marwat district, destroying a girls’ primary school in Ghazni Khel tehsil. Fortunately, there were no casualties, though the school building sustained heavy damage. The explosion occurred on the night of September 30 in Pahar Khel Paka village, where unidentified attackers…
The Islamabad High Court has allowed a 15-year-old girl to live with her husband, ruling that “while underage marriage is valid under Shariah, it is considered a crime under Pakistani law.” Justice Muhammad Azam Khan issued the detailed judgment in the case of Madiha Bibi, who had married of her…
BALAKOT: Two policemen in Balakot were suspended and placed under departmental inquiry after allegedly detaining and torturing a student in their residential quarters, officials confirmed on September 30. According to the student, the policemen first demanded money and, upon refusal, took him to their residential room where they beat him…
DIJKOT: Madina Town police have arrested four men suspected of gang-raping a 15-year-old boy. According to the police, three days ago in the Faqirabad area of Madina Town, five suspects, including Saqlain, Zaheer, Hasnain, Ehsan, and another accomplice, lured the boy who works as a hairdresser, and taken him to…
The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has invited online scholarship applications for students from minority communities enrolled in government institutions, with the submission deadline set for October 28. Eligible applicants must be Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, or from other minority communities, enrolled as regular students in government institutions…
ISLAMABAD: Two new cases of poliovirus have been confirmed in Sindh’s Badin and Thatta districts, bringing the nationwide tally for 2025 to 29 and the provincial total to nine, according to the National Institute of Health (NIH) on September 29. The development comes only days after another case was reported…
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